ministration urges congress to permanently reauthorize a suspended. prompting him. to seize on the. supreme court ordered its release earlier this week. by british royal marines in the mediterranean last. the family of a young girl blocked from joining one of germany's voice. for gender discrimination cases through an.

a.t.m. in san francisco 11 pm in beijing 6 in the evening right here in moscow this sunday august the 17th welcome to our 2 international. a wide reaching domestic surveillance program could be public on the cards stateside the troubled ministration is calling on u.s. lawmakers to permanently reauthorize powers given to the national security agency the request was made in a letter sent to congress on thursday son by former national intelligence director don coats additionally his appeals to reveal about the controversial call detail records program and actually been suspended for collecting more information up was legally. the spying program falls under a section of the usa freedom which is set to expire in december kill a bump and brings us more. the trump white house is speaking up about a high profile an asse a program that allows the recording of americans phone calls and personal messages

dan coats the outgoing director of national intelligence is urging congress to reauthorize the law before it expires at the end of the year now dan coats has confirmed that the n.s.a. has put the program on hold however he says it's necessary to have the ability to get the program going again if needed as technology changes our adversaries trade craft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt in light of these dynamic environment the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well a coalition of privacy and civil liberties advocates sent a letter of their own to the u.s. house judiciary committee and said of renewing the program they called for meaningful surveillance reform the government's implementation of the program further demonstrates both the privacy threats posed by the program and its lack of efficacy it is highly concerning that it took almost 3 years to detect the fact

that the n.s.a. was collecting records even beyond the broad authorization provided under the program the n.s.a. should not be permitted to resume this program now the freedom act gives the n. . say the ability to build a network with the telecommunications companies to record the phone calls and personal messages not just of the suspects but of anyone that they are in contact with. i voted to allow it to proceed for debate i will vote against it it is better than the usa patriot act but it doesn't go far enough in my mind in protecting all civil

liberties we find that we're spending resources for no benefit in terms of public safety in real cost in terms of freedom and liberty and this is why i voted against the freedom act when they said it would fix the problems inherent in the patriot act just stop spying on innocent americans instead of trying to make it legal. when a freedom act came down it was a way to try to ease americans and say no no we're going to make sure we work out the kinks but i think americans know better than that because and that's what dan coats is saying here is that anything the n.s.a. and sometimes the n.s.a. just gets surveillance information that's just hundreds and pages of nothing and they've actually come out saying that it doesn't really help resolve or solve any terrorism or investigate terrorism activities so because of this though now they can send out or they can decimate that disseminate that information out to the cia to other players to the f.b.i. and to people who might not have the knowledge of who really is a threat which is going to put a lot of americans at risk certainly these cries the violation so yes you're

allowed to surveil you're allowed to keep your country safe from terrorism from these kinds of acts but at the rate that it infringes on the privacy rights of people who have absolutely no. no known ties to terrorism that's where it gets a little bit tricky. the u.s. justice department has issued a warrant calling for the seizure of an iranian oil supertanker release your brought her on thursday the document say's that this ship the oil its cari and nearly $1000000.00 in kurdish are subject to forfeiture for violating u.s. sanctions on iran the warrant also cites bank fraud money laundering on terrorism related statutes it alleges additionally about iran's revolutionary guards on lawfully attempted to make use of the united states financial system to support illicit shipments of oil to syria the earlier rounds top diplomat sharply criticized the u.s. for attempting to block thursday's release of the ship which was 1st seized by

british royal marines off the coast of japan after last month. having field to accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism including depriving cancer patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property on the high seas this piracy attempt is indicative of trumpet ministrations contempt for the law having performed small maneuvers on friday the vessel remains stationed in japan alter waters as the captain reportedly no longer wants to keep command of the ship gibraltar is chief minister sais that detention was lifted after the british overseas territory received formal written assurances from iran that it would not ship oil to syria in violation of essential. the grace one is therefore now released from detention under the sanctions act by operation of law on the 30th of august i received assurances from the republic of iran that

if we leased the destination of the grace one would not be an entity that is subject to european union sanctions i welcome that assurance. nothing about the grace one was ever shipping oil to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions 2 weeks after the vessel was impounded iran sees the british flag tanker in the strait of hormuz claiming it had violated international law the us then later announced its intention to create a naval coalition to combat so named question in the straight middle east analyst for the sunday thinks the u.s. may have overplayed its hand with its british are. very skeptical that the u.k. and gibraltar of the will heed the call by the u.s. car meant to continuing pounding and tank air and you know despite the legal fights thought it is a safe bet that given the fact that iran is also holding

a british tank this is part of a quid pro quo whereby the release of the iranian will be followed shortly immediate future release of the british tank held by iran we know that. garman and boys john saw as well as those in gibraltar are. you know annoyed by this lingering crisis and they want to wash their hands off of it and the u.s. is trying every trick in the book to linger duce crisis and to keep you as part of this so called time. escort for the oil tankers passage through the strait of hormuz and they use those worries that once this crisis we've been in iran and they you'll k. is resolved then the u.k. will pull out and yours will be a coalition one or i know of our story generating a lot of interest day a 9 year old german girl has been told by

a berlin court that she cannot join the country's most prestigious boys' choir breaking down the case the bait it has triggered here saskatoon. nobody likes rejection and no one wants to hear that not good enough but it seems for one family in germany no just isn't option picture a 9 year old girl who just wanted to sing her mother says she's got the voice of an angel and that the best place in the city for her training is the berlin state and cathedral choir set up in the 15th century it's one of the oldest and most renowned choirs in the country and it's pretty much just got 2 rules you have to be over 5 to addition czech and you've got to be a male ha undeterred though the god apply twice and was rejected both times but try try try again 3rd time lucky for all dition before the door was once again slammed in her face but the choir is adamant agendas got nothing to do with the acoustic

pattern of a choir is part of its artistic freedom the rejection was not predominantly about her gender and she would have been successful had her voice matched the desired sound characteristics of a boys' choir out unsurprisingly of the decision struck a wrong chord with the girl's mother who is now taking the choir to court over gender inequality she says she's got a letter from the dean of berlin's unify us to the arts which the choir is affiliated to and which is threaten that aggarwal never sing in a boys' choir also argue that as an institution receiving state funds rejecting female singers contravenes germany's gender discrimination laws now many have weighed in on the side of the choir saying that mixing it would bring an end to its traditional sound nobody has said girls can sing as well but the tumble is different and judging that should be left to the musicians and musicologists anyone who wants to misunderstood gender equality here is

a cultural essence this standoff between gender equality and autistic freedom isn't exactly new music professionals and academics alike have been debating the. anatomical differences of boys' and girls' voices for years saying the former has a purity the latter just can't attain and just last year the famous british soprano signal lesley garrett called out all boys choirs for being stuck in the past backward looking traditionalist argue that there is an exclusive purity in the boy's voice but i think that's just nonsense it's an excuse to hang on male privilege and perpetuate a dominant male gender stereotype and male power but not ready to dump the carrot secure in his choir rolled out a very diplomatic aren't we recognise different tasks to contribute to the tower female singers make to the choral scene here at cambridge we're especially proud of foam mixed voice choir king's voices which was formed 20 years ago precisely to give women students the opportunity to sing choral music in the chapel we all know

parents will do anything for that children but trying to shake up an institution that hasn't changed over half a millennia now that dedication. us clueless woman who said she was planning to visit her grandmother in the west bank has stated she will no longer be making the trip that's despite israel granting russia to leave a visa on humanitarian grounds overturning an earlier decision to deny her entry the democratic party representative who has declared repeated support for the controversial boycott israel movement of this to say about her fight for palestinian rights. but never mind ali you're talking about 30 to. 30. dollars worth of. work out here. for iraq this is. israel's original decision to leave those well as representative ilan omar came shortly after president trump tweeted out the person

will be given entry israel then reiterated that foreigners who publicly call for a boycott of the country will be stopped from coming in the netanyahu government's treatment of the 2 american muslim lawmakers has provoked reaction in washington to israel doesn't advance its case as a tolerant democracy or and the very new u.s. ally by barring elected members of congress from a visit in because of their political views i strongly condemn this decision by the israeli government which undermines the ability for our 2 allied countries to have the frank open and it times difficult discussions that we must have in order to ensure israel remains secure and democratic nation israel's analysis and treaty congresswoman and omar is beneath the dignity of the great state of israel well it is worth noting that critics of israel can also face penalties within the us itself

the boycott act which was passed 2 years ago allows states to cut ties with contractors who support sanctions against the country it was designed to combat the b.d.s. or boycott divestment and sanctions group targeting israel over its building of settlements in the palestinian territories critics of the legislation argue that it violates the u.s. constitution which states that political boycotts are protected by the 1st amendment we got the thoughts of new york politician morning alison. i think it is a double standard but actually what is interesting about this is that the fact that there is sort of this retaliation is tarnished meant for individuals businesses that are joining. the thoughts of violation of. every american i mean we're allowed any or all or all politically with issues that i think with some seeds you. really also elements. that france.

almost is not. let's turn a tension on the program not to hong kong where the consecutive weekend of demonstrations is well underway just coming up. police protesters faced off earlier in one of the city's busiest shopping districts earlier on saturday rallies were held both in support on an opposition to the authorities in the chinese semi autonomous territory the months of pro-democracy protests were originally calling for the withdrawal of a controversial extradition both but have since adopted a much broader set of demands those include the resignation of hong kong leader democratic elections on the inquiry into alleged police brutality concerns are growing though about the ongoing campaign is putting the city special status in jeopardy the risk of intervention from. the loss to come on the program including

germany's police chief is a stark warning over the rise of the far right on $24.00 besides. join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business.

ok u.s. democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders has been forced to clarify comments he made to the washington post on monday the vermont senator was accused of peddling conspiracy theory by suggesting the paper's editorial position reflects the interests of its owner billionaire founder jeff bezos. oh i think joe just is

on the phone telling the other washington post what to do absolutely. doesn't work what i think is immediately general there is a framework you know i was. at the washington post office on c.n.n. operates. on anybody you know how much amazon paid in taxes what. the united what about all the time and then i wonder why the washington post which is owned by jumping through all the time i thought was the right i think we got off about i don't know that. senator sanders is a member of a large club of politicians of every ideology who complain about their coverage contrary to the conspiracy theory the senator seems to favor jeff bezos allows our newsroom to operate with full independence as our reporters and editors can attest well bernie sanders has long been a vocal critic of corporate media arguing that they represent misrepresent his

views alternately act in the interests of the elites as well. the working families that should not have to subsidize the wealthiest people jeff bezos made a leben 1000000000 dollars last year they didn't pay a nickel in federal income taxes wealthy people should stop paying their fair share of taxes etc. bernie sanders makes my skin crawl and i can't even identify for you what exactly it is because i see him as sort of a know it pro woman candidate or he could seriously bashers billionaires complaining which many of the problems that many americans most americans have suffered just missed most is he just mad the world works and there's of course his

you know. because he's threatening the class interests and work on trying to keep him through being elected president you can be very long standing were the. class and. it's definitely an obstacle because they have mormons and conforms and they can reach almost all americans the influence of all americans think it's a question mark but who clearly has a discrete message from the book you knew that was resonating with his voters and supporters in the den already you could get the nomination he could be trouble. if you get. your. grade off. he would have to. send it up. against. the. african spying scandal haas thrust

chinese tech giant while way back into the headlines after certain allegations were published in the wall street journal the newspaper alleges that way technicians and at least 2 cases personally help african governments all their political opponents . legibly enlisted the company's assistance for wiretapping conversations through encrypted communications conducting surveillance one way denies the accusations claiming it has never engaged in hacking activities here's part of the interview given to r.t. . we refute it quite vociferously again it just feels like it's one of those stories that come up now and again go to completely verify and it sounds like even though the companies that have been cited in terms of involvement have made it very clear they don't even have contracts in. one of the countries involved

so it looks like the story is unfortunately really just fake knees and we have to suffer with the. way it's currently the world's 2nd largest producer of smartphones and has been in the spotlight in recent months over its large scale investment in developing 5 g. mobile technology in may the u.s. put restrictions on the company citing national security concerns after washington accused qual way of spying on governments for beijing which while way has also been denied strategy vice president andree williamson again told us security is a top priority. it's a private company owned by its employees as i say there's about $100000.00 shareholders and to me as someone that's come to this company i think it's extraordinary the benefits of running an organization like that because people don't necessarily just pick up their paycheck at the end of the week of the end of the month they have

a real vested interest in the commercial success but you really have to check everything assume nothing. and trust almost nobody and that's that's a process in the system that we stick to and work with many of our partners around the world on that basis. germany's most senior police officer concern over rising levels of far right hate speech he warned it could lead to the formation of new extremist groups terrorist cells in the country. for several years now with fluctuations we have seen an increase in violent politically motivated crimes coming from the far right we are also seeing a risk of terrorist groups forming well german authorities registered over $8600.00 rightwing extremist offenses in the 1st half of 2019 that's 900 more than sharing the same period last year but the spike the increase the number of violent crime stayed roughly the same issue a brief look at the scale of the country's problem with far right extremism.

well one case down potenza chile highlights the threat from the far right was the murder of the politician walter loop he was a member of until america's c.d.u. party and was a strong supporter of migrant rights he received death threats son was killed in june at his home with a gunshot to the head a suspected killer is believed to harbor extreme right wing views although the police say they're working hard to tackle extremism martin told her from germany's left party told us he does not believe enough is being done. and the problem is that the right wing extreme right wing they open for

violence they do lists as well for any nice place. busy group clinton all cloyd socialist extreme right wing group and they had a list of 25000 people who politics christians who do activism for refugees we have a saying in german which say that the authorities blind on the right that means they don't really know what the right wing of the real extreme right wing doing and during the last years they did a lot of movies asian organization especially m.b. extremists and militarist way and so we have the increase of. crimes of the right leading us well we have a lot of scenarios people of color left wing people. in danger or abused by right wing people in the last few. deathrow itself on

trial next on r.t. as we telephone to the personal stories of 3 people sentenced to die in the us the ultimate penalty starts in moments. what politicians do. put themselves on the line. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want us. to go right to the press which is like a theory of the people. of interest. always in the waters in the house.

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